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. I w. A. MARQ UA 7 Oct. 13, 1931. VELOCIPEDE Re. 18,225

Original Fild Feb. 12, 1929 Inven$orv Reiuued 0d. 13, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT. oFncE A. KABQUA, OI CINCINNATI, OHIO, ABSIGNOR TO THE FRANK F. TAYLOR COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO vnnoczrnnn Original No. 1,778,116, dated October 14, 1930, Serial No. 839,352, filed February 12,- 1929. Applicationfor reinne filed February 11,1931.

This invention relates to the foot-pedaled type of velocipedes in which there is a fore swivel driving-and-steering wheel and a pair said axle whose outer ends form spindles for transverse member and a backbone member attached at one end to the middle ofthetransverse member, and a ste means at each side of and to the rear of the ackbone member.

The essential feature or prime object and consistency of the invention herein is the Egovision of a master-casting or block-memhaving an u right socket-extension.

adapted to detacha ly or otherwise receive or accommodate the depending tail end or lower'extermity of the main reach-member or backbone of the vehicle frame, a pair of laterally-extendin housing or casing members for accommo ating'the transverse rear axle so as to duly support the said frame on the rear-wheel hubs, with the inner edges of the latter bearing in revoluble thrust-contact with the opposite ends of the said housing or casing members, and a rearwardlyextending step-member on said master-casting that has lateral wings or side-braces preferabl cast or made integral with'the said axle ousing or casing members and all well adapted, in a very simple, efiective and inexnsive manner, to dispense with the usual iiirked or double rear end of the vehicle reach or backbone th-athas blocked the way of safe, free and easy passage of the user to and from drivin osltion on the riders seat from the rear 0? t e vehicle, and, also, to rovide said side-braces on the'lsaid interme ifltefmastercasting for proper y su portin t e rame in an n right manner on t e axle instead of depen in on'said formerly used forked rear ends'o the" reach for any leaning or vtipfiing of the frame sidewise, the details of a o which elements will be carefull referred to N in the following descriptiono the accom- Serial No. 515,146.

panyingsheet of drawings that show the invention herein in its simplest and best form,

and in which-- Figure 1 is a fore-front perspective of the tricycle to the rear end of which my invenin the opposite outer ends of the a oresaid.

laterally-extending axle housing or casing members of the said central master-casting and with the seated or deeply socketed lower or tail end of the main reach-member or backbone of the frame broken oflf shortly above its said seated extremity; Fig. 3, a'central vertical section taken on the dotted-line 3, 3

2 and aimed ]to better display the rearward y-extending step or foot-rest on its integral master-casting or block-member and the rear'axle supports; and Fi 4, a rearend perspective of the vehicle, s owing only the essential part of the invention herein,

with the fore part of the vehicle omitted and with. the said reach or backbone shown broken ofi' shortly above the said lower deep. socketed or seated end thereof.

This invention having to do only with the rear end of the vehicle it will be unnecessary to refer in detail to any of the-steering,driving 'or seating parts of the vehicle that lie forward of the verticle, depending rear end or lower extremit 5 of of the said longitudinal reach or back one-member of the frame. 7 6 indicates (taken as a whole) a master-- casting or major block-member that is preferably' (but not essentially) made integral with a rearwardly-extending horizontal step-- member 7,. together with an upright central socket-member 8 and a pair of lateral, oppositely extending semicircular (cross section) housing or casing members 9 and 10, and with the latter members 9 and 10 having circular outer ends or heads'll and 12, respectively, for the outward extension of the thereby housed transverse axle-member 13, the extreme outer ends 14 of the axle forming the usual spindles for the rotary-mounting thereon ofv the rear supporting-wheels 15, 15.,

The casin members 9 and 10 form a transverse mem er to the center of which the backbone member is attached, and to which the step 7 is attached for lateral and rearward extension with respect to the backbone member 5. Y

The said central socket-member 8 is adapted to deeply seat the lower extremity or tail end 5 of the continuous reach or tubular socket-member 8 and are preferably made ing side tilts of the vehicle an integral therewith and with the outwardly extending lateral housing or casing members 9fand 10. These braces take the place of the commonly used forked rear ends of the vehicle reach or backbone-member in avoidd also, in duly strengthening or reinforcing the connection or joint between the said vertical socketmember 8 and the said semicircular section) axle housing or casing mem ers 9 and 10- It is quite obvious, however, that the said master-casting can'be made separately, with but the step or foot-rested and the socket members thereof made integral and with the said braces and housing-members made independent-ones but all adapted to being duly secured together by means of bolts or rivets in any desirable manner and with lateral ears or flanges, or by means of straps, on the said upright socket-member for securing the latter on the rear reach extremity 5,-but such a divided structure would not be stable or reliable, as is the one-piece feature shown and that is materially chea er and better in every reasonable and practicable way.

There being no forked 'rear ends on the reach of the vehicle herein it is evident that the single reach extremity 5, together with the narrow vta ering side-braces 17, 17 of its securing-socket, provide an am Is and safe gap at either side of the center 0 the vehicle rear for the usual juvenile user or child to enter or leave the drivers .seat or saddle without obstruction to his feet or clothing and without danger of tripping or stumbling forward or backward, the parts com -rising my invention duly forming a decided eaturc of substantial design and attractive a pearance, especially from a selling point-ofview, the latter condition being veryrdesirable when the deviceis usually considered or listed in the toy or play line for childrens use.

The said axle-bearing eye-ands -11 and 12 form desirable surfaces or abutments for receiving the end-thrust'inwardly of the inner crossmass ends of the wheel hubs at the opposite outer ends of the said housing orcasmg members 9 and 10, and thereby constitute somewhat important parts of my improvement in the proper mounting of the said rear wheels on the rear axle for the upright support of said wheels at all times against wobble ,or sag- .gmg.

18 indicates a vertical reinforcing-bracket 'vided with an upright.- socket for the deepseating attachment of the lower extremity of the reach of the vehicle frame and with lateralaxial-extensions at whose op osite outer ends the su sorting rear wheels 0 the vehicle are journa 2. In a tricycle, a central master-castin having a rearwardly-extendin step-member and provided wit an upright extension for the attachment of the lower ex-- tremity of the reach of the vehicle frame and.

lateral side-extensions having ribbed reinforces for accommodating the laterally-extended axles to rotatably support the rear wheels. I

3. In a tricycle, a rearwardly-extending step-member located between the rear supporting-wheels and comprising a master castmg having an upright extension flanked by a pair of laterally-extended suitablyribbed or reinforced axle-casing members on said master-casting for the rear axle and abutments' for the wheel hubs anda downwa'rdly-exten ding reinforcing brace-member for said stepmember.-

' 4. In a tricycle having a master casting mounted on its rear axle, said casting hav-' in an integrallrearwardly extendirig step at its lower end, and the casting being urther provided with an n right extension for sup porting the depending tail end of the reach of the tricycle. I

5. In a tricycle, a steering fork, a steering wheel mounted therein, a backbone member connected thereto, a transverse member to which said backbone member is connected centrally, wheels at either end of said trans,- verse member, and a step on said transverse member, said ste being arrangedon both sides of said has bone memberat its point-' .end by a steeringwheel and connected at its rear end to said" transverse member; said horizonta 18,925 Y I p 3 transverse member having a wheel at each end thereof, a step fixedly mounted on said transverse member and arranged on both sides of the connection of said backbone mem- 5 her to the transverse member.

7. In a tricycle, a backbone member, a transverse member connected to said backbone member, and a step on the transverse member and extendin laterally on both sides of the backbone member.

8. In a trio cle, a transverse member supported at each end having a wheel on each end spaced from a backbone member, a backbone member extending up from the transverse member, step means on the transverse member to the rear of backbone member and on each side thereof, and a webpn each side of the backbone member and extending up from the front edge of the step means.

2 9. In a velocipede, a transverse member for supportin a rear axle having an upwardly exten ing socket member, a rearwardly extending ste mounted .on .said transverse member, an a web between each side of the socket member and the transverse member, said web serving as a brace and stop for feet on the step.

10. In a rvelocipede, a transverse member 1 for supporting a rear axle and having an up-' wardly extending socket member, a rearwardly extending ste mounted on said transverse member, an a web on the front of the step to serve as a foot guard.

11. In a velocipede, a backbone member, an axle-supporting transverse member connected to said backbone member, a rearwardly extending step mounted on the transverse member and an upwardly extending web mounted on the front part of the step. 40 In testimony whereof I have signed my name.

WILLIAM A. MARQUA. 

